RE: Modafinil (was CRON Diet problems)

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri May 09 2003 - 10:22:40 MDT

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    Michael Dickey (matus@matus1976.com) wrote,
    > [ a wonderfully detailed description of his experiences with modafinil ]

    Interesting report, thanks! I would probably like to see more safety
    studies before using it full time myself. (The waking hallucinations could
    be dangerous, and are a common symptom of sleep deprivation.) However, I
    have been known to get double and tripled booked in my consulting business.
    I once got triple-booked for IBM clients and worked/billed 100 hours/week
    for six weeks. I got a huge bonus, but am not sure it was worth it. There
    were definite negative health effects, and I had to take a week off to
    recover afterwards. It sounds like this drug might make such emergencies
    more manageable.

    One last question, did you start sleeping more hours than normal when you
    came off the drug? After a normal period of sleep deprivation, the body
    requires more sleep for a few nights to recover. I am wondering if there
    was any recovery period here, or if you just went back to a normal sleeping
    pattern.

    I seem to require 9 hours of sleep per night. I can function on 7-8 with no
    noticeable effects until Saturday, where in the absence of an alarm clock, I
    sleep until noon, apparently recovering my lost hours of sleep. If I get
    8-9 hours of sleep per night during the week, I wake up on schedule on
    Saturday with no alarm clock, even if I was up late the night before.

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    Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP
    <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
    


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